Guy Hands Owns More Than Half of Terra Firma’s €1 Billion

Private equity chief reveals investment stake in company at conference in Berlin

By

Simon Clark at SuperReturn in Berlin

February 25, 2015 9:32 p.m. GMT

Guy Hands said that more than half of the €1 billion his private equity firm, Terra Firma Capital Partners, has available to buy companies is his own money.

Mr. Hands traditionally raised funds from other investors such as pension funds and sovereign-wealth funds but that has become more difficult after his firm's unsuccessful investment in U.K. music publisher EMI.